Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), announced in a statement that it has signed a Maintenance and Engineering Services Agreement (MESA) with Framatome, an international leader in nuclear energy technologies.
Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) is a subsidiary created by Joint Venture partners Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) to operate and maintain the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant.
Under the scope of the MESA agreement, Framatome will provide maintenance and engineering services.
Framatome will also provide training, technical and operational support, and fuel services for the four APR1400 units of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant.
The work will be completed under the leadership of Nawah and in strict accordance with the UAE’s nuclear energy regulator’s quality and safety standards.
Framatome is a leading nuclear technology provider, designer and manufacturer of Nuclear Steam Supply Systems, and fuel and Instrumentation & Control systems, provides nuclear energy services worldwide, serving all types of reactor technologies. The company is a major supplier of engineering and maintenance services and will support the Barakah Plant as further milestones are achieved. Framatome will assist in bringing the remaining units on line, and support them throughout commercial operations. Barakah Unit 1 started commercial operations in April 2021 and preparations continue towards start-up of Unit 2, which completed fuel load in March 2021.
The agreement signing took place at the annual E-Fusion (Emirati French Industrial Supply Chain Initiative for Nuclear), a two-day event through a partnership between ENEC and Business France, which is an Emirati-French initiative to create a local supply chain for the nuclear sector. Launched by ENEC, EDF and GIFEN (French Nuclear Cluster) in 2019, the event aims to develop new Franco-Emirati commercial relations in the nuclear sector.
